Life — March 17, 1921 — page 21: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page appears to be from a satirical piece titled "Can Get Along Without" (visible at bottom left). The illustration shows a fashionably-dressed woman sitting on a bed with a small dog beneath it, in what appears to be a bedroom interior rendered in detailed pen-and-ink style. The OCR text references "a collection of autographs consisting of over eighty thousand names," suggesting this cartoon comments on collecting fads or celebrity obsession—likely satirizing women's fascination with autograph collections, which were popular pastimes in the early 20th century. The woman's confident pose and the domestic setting suggest the joke plays on the idea that despite having thousands of famous signatures, one can manage perfectly well without them—mocking the frivolousness of the collecting craze.